SDbits.org - SB-Innovation

DarkSaibot v.1.3.10 · 10.06.09, 10:56

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Tracker: SdBits.org
Tracker URL: SDBits :: Login
Open Signups Disabled
Invite System : Depends on the userClass
Category: DVD and x264 Encode Tracker.
Number of Users: ~ Max users 22000 Registered users 4,735
Unconfirmed users 11 Male users 4,584 Female users 149
Number of torrents: ~ Torrents 2,600
Total Size of Torrents 15.58 TB
Peers 17,276
Seeders 16,009
Leechers 1,267
Seeder/leecher ratio 13:1

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General rules - Breaking these rules can and will get you banned!

* Do not defy the moderators expressed wishes!
* Inactive accounts will be removed after 50 days
* Do not upload our torrents to other trackers! (See the FAQ for details.)
* Disruptive behaviour in the forums will result in a warning ( ).
You will only get one warning! After that it's bye bye Kansas!
* Don't upload our releases ANYWHERE without the uploader's permission
* Requesting free leech on any torrent by posting comments, asking for it in the forums or PM'ing a member of staff will result in an immediate two week warning and your message being deleted.
* You MUST make use of your account. If you download very little, your account will be disabled.
* Do not post ip addresses anywhere on the site for any reason.
* Do not use any text sizing tags besides [size=2], and only in moderation. ("moderation" is at the discretion of the staff). If ANY member of staff tells you to remove them, you will remove them.
* Color tags are not to be used anywhere on the site, for any reason, except by staff.

Downloading rules - By not following these rules you will lose download privileges!

* Low ratios will result in severe consequences, including banning in extreme cases.

Automatic class demotion to VCD:

* Users with a ratio below .45 & who downloaded more than 10 GB for 1 week (7 days) will be warned to correct their ratio. They will be able to leech 2 torrents. If they don't fix their ratio after 2 weeks they will be automatically demoted to VCD and limited to 2 torrents max. VCDs will have 2 weeks to increase their ratio or their account will be deleted.
* If you have downloaded less than a 10 GB you will not have to worry about automatic demotion but will only be able leech 2 torrents at a time. After you have downloaded 10 GB and your ratio is above .3 you will be able to leech 3 torrents at a time.
* Anyone downloading more than 90GB with a ratio less than .2 will be banned
* Users will be able to leech 3 torrents at a time.
* Superbit and above will be able to leech 100 torrents at a time.
* You must have legal rights to the file you are downloading.
* The following clients are allowed:
o Azureus 3.0.5.x & 3.1 & 4.x
o BitTornado 0.3.17 & 0.3.18
o Deluge 0.5.9.x
o ktorrent 2 & 3
o rtorrent 0.7.x & 0.8.x
o Transmission 1.2 - 1.4
o uTorrent 1.7.7 & 1.8

General Forum Guidelines - Please follow these guidelines or else you might end up with a warning! Torrent comments follow the same rules.

* No aggressive behaviour or flaming in the forums.
* Don't whine needlessly! Be grateful people are encoding/uploading for free! (Constructive criticism is allowed)
* No trashing of other peoples topics (i.e. SPAM).
* No language other than English is to be used on the site.
* No systematic foul language (and none at all on titles).
* No links to warez or crack sites in the forums.
* No requesting or posting of serials, keys, passwords or cracks in the forums.
* No bumping... (All bumped threads will be deleted.)
* No images larger than 800x600, and preferably web-optimised.
* No double posting. If you wish to post again, and yours is the last post in the thread please use the EDIT function, instead of posting a double.
* Please ensure all questions are posted in the correct section!
* Last, please read the FAQ before asking any questions!

Avatar Guidelines - Please try to follow these guidelines

* The allowed formats are .gif, .jpg and .png.
* Be considerate. Resize your images to a width of 150 px and a size of no more than 150 KB. (Browsers will rescale them anyway: smaller images will be expanded and will not look good; larger images will just waste bandwidth and CPU cycles.) For now this is just a guideline but it will be automatically enforced in the near future.
* Do not use potentially offensive material involving porn, religious material, animal / human cruelty or ideologically charged images. Mods have wide discretion on what is acceptable. If in doubt PM one.

Uploading rules - Torrents violating these rules may be deleted without notice
When you upload please respect the rules, and if you have any questions about something that's unclear or not understandable, PM the STAFF

Who can upload?

* Everyone can upload.
* VIP's, Criterion, Superbit etc. can upload a torrent right away without going through the offered section.
* SVCD must receive 15 votes on their torrent in offered before they may upload.

The torrent:

* The torrent must be seeded until 3 seeders are on the torrent
* Do not make 'sample' torrents. Upload a sample with the main torrent
* Audio tracks must not be stereo upmixes. We only allow content that was originally 5.1.
* No trailers
* No custom compilation DVDs are allowed
* No porn sources or encodes
* RAR and ISO (or any other archive formats) files are not allowed for any reason
* No xvid encodes are allowed
* No .mp3 audio is allowed for any reason
* No encodes from sources other than DVD/HD DVD/Blu Ray are allowed (this includes HDTV/TV sources)
* No upscales of any kind are allowed
* No scene releases of any kind are allowed for any reason
* No encodes of scene releases of any kind are allowed for any reason.
* No VHS/VCD/SVCD/TV/HDTV/HD DVD/Blu Ray sources are allowed

Naming:
o You must include the format of the video, NTSC or PAL, acording to the source
o For season packs name them with two digit numbers (e.g. S02 or Season 02), or Complete for packs containing all seasons of a TV show
o For TV Shows: Name them SeasonEpisode (S01E01)
o For Movies: Name must be the English name on IMDB
o Do not put the year the movie was made in the torrent title. If you feel the need to include it, then put it in the description.
o Do not put DVDr, DVDrip, DVD5, DVD9, etc. in any torrent title. Use DVD, or use nothing.

Dupe Rules:
o If you have a Movie with another audio language that is already on the tracker: please upload the AUDIO ONLY!
o If a member encode will be uploaded soon (encode accept button pressed), do NOT upload one of your own (or any other encode).
o Torrents violating these rules wil be deteleted without notice and may lead to a Warning/Ban
o NTSC and PAL versions do not constitute a dupe.

Torrent Description:
o When you upload the torrent, you must describe it as well, so people can see more than just the name of it.
o All torrent descriptions will not contain ascii art or other unneeded images (e.g. rows of smileys, animations, etc.)
o 3 or more fullsize PNG screenshots from both the source and encode (same frame comparison) must be added in the description of all encodes.
o 3 or more untouched fullsize PNG screenshots must be included in the description of all sources.
o All screenshots MUST be at the playback resolution/AR. No exceptions.
o Torrents without proper screenshots may be deleted without notice
o DO NOT add fullsize images to the torrent description. Only use thumbnails that link to the actual image. Most image sites will provide you with the bbcode for this.
o All encodes MUST include the "--sar" value used and the display resolution of the encode
o All torrent descriptions must Include sound type, video size/bitrate, runtime, file size (including audio and video) and any additional information that is required.
o All movies must include a link to it's page at IMDB.com

How do I make a screenshot?
o See here

DVD Sources must meet the following requirements:

* Sources must be the Widescreen versioin unless none exists
* Sources must be non-letterbox version unless none exists
* NO COMPRESSION OF ANY KIND IS ALLOWED. (e.g. DVD9--->DVD5)
* No reauthoring is allowed
* The region and copy protection MUST be removed and are the only things that may be removed
* No custom compilation discs are allowed under any circumstances
* The only format allowed is the raw Video_TS folder.

Encodes must meet the following requirements:

Video:
o Must use the x264 codec (duh)
o Must be full DVD resolution minus any black back bars that must be cropped
o No resize filters (e.g. spline, lanczos) are allowed for DVD sources
o No sharpening or noise reduction filters of any kind are allowed
o Must contain the proper SAR flag for proper Aspect Ratio on playback
o The proper "--sar" value MUST be used for all encodes. Setting the DAR in the container instead is not acceptable.
o CRF Encodes, or any "similar" methods, are not allowed
o TV series encodes should have a consistent filesize (i.e. targeted filesize encode that is closest to your chosen bitrate for that season)

Audio:
o ONE and only ONE feature audio track is allowed
o Audio track must be the native language for the show/movie (e.g. The Matrix (english), Hero (mandarin))
o Dolby Digital/DTS audio is required, in the native language, for all encodes
o Dobly Digital/DTS 5.1 must be used before Dolby Digital/DTS 2.0 unless no 5.1 version exists
o ONE and only ONE commentary track is allowed per encode
o If a commentary track is used it must be .ogg or AAC format with a bitrate of 64kbs (no exceptions)

o No sizing guideline exceptions will be made for the use of a DTS track. If you can't stay within the guidelines using the DTS track, then use the DD track.

Subtitles:
o If the feature is a language other than English, English Subtitles are required to be included. No exceptions. (All subtitles will be in .srt format, no exceptions)

Container:
o A Matroska (.mkv) container is required for all encodes

Guidelines for encode size:
Size Content
275-350MB 22-30min episodes with Dolby Digital sound
350MB 22-30min with DTS sound
550-700MB 42-60min episodes with Dolby Digital sound
700MB 42-60min episodes with DTS sound
1.4GB Movies under 2 hours in length
2.2GB Movies 2-3 hours in length
2.8GB Movies 3-4 hours in length
3.5GB Movies 4 hours or longer

o All movie guidelines are upper limits. A smaller size may be used if the extra bitrate is not needed. (e.g. letterboxed DVDs)
o Bitrates above 2500/kbs are overkill and not necessary for SD encodes and should not be used

Individual audio tracks must meet these requirements:

* All soundtracks other than the native language of the encode must be uploaded to the "Audio" section
* All soundtracks must be from a DVD/HD DVD/Blu Ray source
* All soundtracks must list the language of the dialog
* All soundtracks must be identified as NTSC or PAL
* All soundtracks must identify their source and delay rate (include region and version of DVD)
* All soundtracks must identify if it is stereo or multi-channel
* All soundtracks must be unaltered (i.e. UNTOUCHED)

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Blocker · 27.06.09, 22:49

Nice review!

Looks like a nice tracker of DVD and x264 Encodes I've never seen people giving invites to this tracker

SBfreak · 27.06.09, 23:07

There are unlimited invites on waffles and I think what.cd too.

shoulder · 27.06.09, 23:30

In the Bit-HDTV Forum someone is offering unlimited invites too I think.

Balraj · 04.12.09, 18:52

This sounds like my kind of tracker.... I would like to join one day....I haven't seen anyone offer free invites either. do they ever open for signups?

anon · 04.12.09, 18:53

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Open Signups Disabled

No idea about invites.

atlantis · 05.12.09, 00:18

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Originally Posted by anon

No idea about invites.

it's same with hdbits.org

shadowww · 05.12.09, 00:27

except hdbits don't give out invites at all :))))

deathxxl · 05.12.09, 15:46

Sdbits is good but there not so many seeds and torrents

atlantis · 06.12.09, 13:44

because they have few users

MosDef · 09.12.09, 06:28

I wonder if there's a chance of working ur way up to HDBits if ur a good user.

alpacino · 09.12.09, 08:13

I always wondered that, but I don't think it's possible since it's not that hard to get inside sd-bits. Maybe checking their forums out? Well I'm too lazy to do it myself, sorry.

anon · 09.12.09, 18:47

If you're so interested... don't quote me on this, but I've heard that if you prove to have video encoding knowledge on HDBits's IRC, their staff may invite you.